Native Title

We offer internships for Native Title Representative Bodies and Native Title Service Providers (NTRBs) and Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs). From 2007-2016 we also provided workshops and professional development for NTRBs and PBCs.

The High Court Mabo case in 1992 ruled in favour of a claim to Murray Island by the Meriam people. For the first time, Australian courts accepted that traditional law and custom could be a basis for claiming land ownership by Indigenous people. The Native Title Act 1993 (NTA) established the procedure for making native title claims.